Sci-fi fans set to descend on Glasgow for Satellite 4 convention

HUNDREDS of Sci-fi fans will attend the event at Glasgow's Crowne Plaza Hotel from April 18 to 21, which is the 65th British Science Fiction Convention.

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Sci-fi fans are set to descend on Glasgow

SCI-FI fans from across the globe are set to descend on Glasgow for one of the genre's leading conventions.

Satellite 4, which will be held in the city's Crowne Plaza Hotel from April 18 to 21, is the 65th British Science Fiction Convention.

Over 850 delegates from across the UK, Europe and the US will be at the event.

Attendees will also include science fiction fans, authors, artists and publishers.

Artist Jim Burns, renown British scientist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell and authors Juliet E McKenna and John Meaney are among the guests of honour attending this year's convention.

John Wilson, of Satellite 4, said: "This is the largest, and longest-running, general science fiction convention held in the UK, featuring academics, writers, artists, publishers and other leading experts from across the sci-fi and fantasy genres.

"It's about providing a platform for discussion, networking and knowledge exchange among the world's science fiction community. There's far more than the costumed Klingon in the foyer that popular imagination thinks of as the archetypal sci-fi fan.

"The support we have received from Glasgow City Marketing Bureau and the Crowne Plaza Hotel has been fantastic and we're looking forward to welcoming our members from around the world to Glasgow."

Glasgow has been a regular site for science fiction conventions over the years, hosting the genre's biggest event WorldCon - the World Science Fiction Convention - in 2005.

The city also played host to 2008's International Federation Congress, with over 7,000 delegates taking part in the event.

Leader of Glasgow City Council and chairman of Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, Councillor Gordon Matheson, said: "We're delighted to be welcoming the 65th annual British Science Fiction Convention, Satellite 4, to Glasgow, which will bring delegates from across the world to the city and generate significant local economic benefit."